myADE: Arizona Department of Education
The Arizona Department of Education and the ASU Cloud Innovation Center (ASU CIC) have come together to support Arizona’s education goals. To do so, the ASU CIC is creating a prototype of MyADE, a tool to collect, store, share, and analyze data on attendance in schools throughout Arizona.
Problem
The Arizona Department of Education saw the opportunity to be the one true source of education data in Arizona. The State wanted to make data available to all its stakeholders to support improved data driven decision making, operations and service delivery. Previously, there was not a complete inventory of data available at the agency. ADE saw the ability to move from a siloed approach to a collaborative approach in the utilization of data. ADE’s goal is to provide stakeholders with the right access to the right data at the right time, in a way that all stakeholders can understand and analyze data both at the programmatic and enterprise levels.
Approach
The ASU CIC is working to build the prototype of MyADE, which will help school districts better understand attendance data. The prototype will feature an online attendance system that follows Arizona Department of Education standards. It will also have access to a data lake from the approved online learning systems that are used in Arizona. Local education authorities, the Arizona Department of Education, and school administrators will be able to access the tool and use the data to further Arizona’s education goals. MyADE will also feature resources for parents and students to encourage their attendance and participation.
Supporting Artifacts
The Amazon Working Backwards process produces three artifacts - a Press Release, a list of Frequently Asked Questions, and a Visual depiction of the user experience.You can find the MyADE artifacts here:
Next Steps
The ASU CIC developed a prototype and it is available on GitHub at this link.
About the ASU CIC
The ASU Smart Cities Cloud Innovation Center (CIC) is a strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is supported by AWS on ASU’s Innovation campus - SkySong. The mission of the CIC is to drive Innovation Challenges that materially benefit the greater Phoenix metro area and beyond. The CIC will do this by solving pressing community and regional challenges, using shareable and repeatable technology solutions from ideation through prototype, as a service for the greater human good.
The CIC also provides real-world problem-solving experiences to students by immersing them in the application of proven innovation methods in combination with the latest technologies to solve important challenges in the public sector.
The challenges being addressed cover a wide variety of topics including homelessness, water conservation, vandalism, pedestrian safety, digital service delivery and many others. The CIC leverages the deep subject matter expertise of government, education and non-profit organizations to clearly understand the customers affected by public sector challenges and develops solutions that meet the customer needs.
For more information on the ASU CIC, to read about projects or to submit a challenge, please visit https://smartchallenges.asu.edu.